Acter Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Acter*”, Ticker: 5536 TT) announced December 2022 revenue. On a consolidated basis, December 2022 again set another single month record high over the same period with a total came in at NTD2.77 billion, up 30% YoY. The full year 2022 revenue came in at NTD28.26 billion, up 40% compared to the same period of last year.

Our 2022 has set a record high year, which was driven by continued strong growth from our cross-strait projects and also, substantial project growth from the Southeast market. Our Cleanroom and Electro-Mechanical Integration Engineering support the overall upward momentum, while our multi-industries such as web server, testing and packaging and other non-tech industries also made significant contributions aside from Semiconductors.

Despite the recent capital expenditure cut from Semiconductors industry amid the economy uncertainty in 2023, may raise market concerns on Acter’s outlook in 2023. In 2023, we remain cautious and optimistic toward our earnings, given our Group’s diversification strategies across multi-industries and multi-regions, which allow us to diversify our risks on a single industry.

We believe with Acter* emphasized on experienced advanced professional proceed methods for customized projects in diverse fields with remarkable quality, and well-handled project period can effectively offset the risk of single market fluctuation impact. In addition, we believe that our vertical and horizontal integration can support us with high order visibility in mid-to-longer term operations.

Outlook for First Quarter 2023:

Despite the record high base from 2022, Acter’s* order backlog in the first quarter 2023 remains stable with good visibility with solid operation momentum. Amid the economy downturn concerns, Acter*continues to seek for new opportunities to penetrate into new clients in multi-industries and new projects from existing clients.

We believe that our latest green technology development should lead to more environmentally friendly and energy-saving projects in response to the global green environment protection trend. Together with our technology collaboration level with the clients customized requests also raise the Group’s market competitiveness.

*The number is unaudited.

Acter* Monthly Sales (December, 2022)：                         

Unit: NTD thousand；%

2022 Dividend Semi-Annual Payout Schedule (par value NT$5/share)

IR Contact:

Acter Assistant Vice President  Miss Tsao  (04)2261-5288  IR@acter.com.tw